Religious Orders and the ‘World’

Catholic Regular Clerics’ Self-Positioning in Early Modern Societies

Contributions by Michèle Claudine Steiner Contributions by Martin Elbel Contributions by Silvia Mostaccio Contributions by Bernard Hours Contributions by Bruno Boute Contributions by Philipp Zwyssig Contributions by Markus Friedrich Contributions by Andreea Badea Contributions by Jodi Bilinkoff Contributions by Giuanna Beeli Contributions by Daniela Hacke Contributions by Alessia Lirosi Contributions by Thomas Fässler Contributions by Alison Weber Contributions by Lukas Camenzind Contributions by Christian Windler Contributions by Nicolas Rogger Contributions by Samuel Weber Edited by Giuanna Beeli Edited by Lukas Camenzind Edited by Nicolas Rogger Edited by Christian Windler Series edited by Nadine Amsler Series edited by Andreea Badea Series edited by Birgit Emich Series edited by Markus Friedrich Series edited by Christian Windler

Book cover: Religious Orders and the ‘World’

Extent: 482 pages

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2025)

ISBN: 9783412533335

6.89 x 9.65 inches

Price: $119.00

In stock

This book shows how male members of Catholic religious orders fashioned themselves in their interactions with the sin-ridden “world” that they claimed to have renounced.


This book shows how male members of Catholic religious orders fashioned themselves in their interactions with the sin-ridden “world” that they claimed to have renounced. Inspired by recent innovations in the cultural and social history of early modern Catholicism, the contributions explore regular clerics’ practices of symbolic communication, their role as mediators between universal beliefs and practices and particular cultures of piety, their position in social networks, their relationships with Protestants, and their interactions with women religious. In so doing, the book sheds new light on the variety of material and symbolic exchanges between religious orders and secular society.

  • Contributions by Michèle Claudine Steiner
  • Contributions by Martin Elbel
  • Contributions by Silvia Mostaccio
  • Contributions by Bernard Hours
  • Contributions by Bruno Boute
  • Contributions by Philipp Zwyssig
  • Contributions by Markus Friedrich
  • Contributions by Andreea Badea
  • Contributions by Jodi Bilinkoff
  • Contributions by Giuanna Beeli
  • Contributions by Daniela Hacke
  • Contributions by Alessia Lirosi
  • Contributions by Thomas Fässler
  • Contributions by Alison Weber
  • Contributions by Lukas Camenzind
  • Contributions by Christian Windler
  • Contributions by Nicolas Rogger
  • Contributions by Samuel Weber
  • Edited by Giuanna Beeli
  • Edited by Lukas Camenzind
  • Edited by Nicolas Rogger
  • Edited by Christian Windler
  • Series edited by Nadine Amsler
  • Series edited by Andreea Badea
  • Series edited by Birgit Emich
  • Series edited by Markus Friedrich
  • Series edited by Christian Windler